Iraq Study Group Assessment

The Iraq Study Group Report's Assessment section is an excellent

summary of post-war Iraq.  Some topics addressed include the division

of the country into Kurd, Shiite, and Sunni regions, the lack of unity

in Parliament, the powerful hold that Muqtada Al-Sadr has on Prime

Minister Nouri al-Maliki, the fierce fight over oil revenues, the lack

of Iraq's own security force, and so on. 

The Iraq Study Group is a bipartisan commission led by James Baker and

Lee Hamilton.  This episode summarizes the assessment section of the

Iraq Study Group Report.  The next episode will feature the Iraq Study

Group's recommendations for how we should proceed.

For more information, read: Iraq Study Group Report

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